Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 07 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814806743.09 km from the Sun.
    14640.82 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 610.03 km/h
        (9.95 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 927238190.27 km from the Earth.
    1434785.79 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 59782.74 km/h
        (1042.07 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420865.65 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420006.30 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420457.45 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421878.57 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423209.20 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665733.11 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 664989.16 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665469.89 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667069.96 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 669451.97 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072924.10 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073131.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073208.04 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073150.46 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072961.64 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878491.25 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879718.37 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880979.61 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882256.55 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1883530.01 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4123133.20 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4238113.19 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4349909.45 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4458689.02 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4564604.26 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 7 hours 0 minutes UTC at a distance of 419986.82 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 6 hours 39 minutes UTC at a distance of 664981.66 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 12 hours 25 minutes UTC at a distance of 1073208.36 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 15 hours 12.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 15 hours 59.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 17 hours 24.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 18 hours 9.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 23 hours 27.0 minutes

Earth direction along green line to the left | Sun direction along blue line to the left

Orbits as seen from above. Moons orbit counter-clockwise. Black dots represent location of respective moon at 0h, 6h, 12h, 18h, and 24h UTC.

Purple path: Io
Blue path: Europa
Yellow path: Ganymede
Red path: Callisto

Orbital Ribbons: These are the spacial and temporal connections between the four Jovian Moons. Black dot indicates location of Jupiter: